The Land Jihad

I assume you all have heard of the term ‘love jihad’. If you haven’t, just googling it will throw out thousands of results. It is a phenomenon that is rampant in several areas of coastal regions of Karnataka and also in many parts of Kerala. When I heard it for the first time, I thought it was some kind of a crackpot conspiracy theory but later instances proved otherwise. But did you know there is something called as ‘land jihad’?

Let me first interpret the word ‘jihad’ in the present context. Jihad in simple terms means a religious warfare for the cause of Islam. Though the means remain violent most of the times, a few times it can be non-violent also. This land jihad falls into the latter category. But the cause or the end remains intact: The cause of religion.

Land as an investment avenue

There are many investment avenues that can be used to leverage your capital amount of investment. The basic lessons of investment say that over a long duration of investment horizon only two investment avenues are profitable more than any other types of investment: The first one is investment in stock market and the other one is investment on land. Both these investments, in a way are an investment on the economy of the nation. So, especially when the economy is booming, the stated investments can give you very high dividends. As India is a booming economy, the importance of investment in these two avenues can’t be stated more. Here, the focus is on land so let me stick to it.

Land Jihad by ‘Religion of peace’ – With Kerala as an example

Islamists make no bones about their intention to make this nation Islamic. The way things are shaping up in the nation and the kind of support they are getting from all the quarters both openly and covertly, perhaps they will eventually be successful. Among many ways of capturing the nation, ownership of the land is one of the main ways. Just remind yourself how the church captured and controlled the African continent by owning most of the land.

It’s a common knowledge that Muslims like to be amongst themselves. That’s the reasons you find ‘Muslim ghettos’ even in some of the well-developed countries of Europe. I’m not trying to implicate anything wrong per se. But given the ‘Muslim only’ mindset, it is difficult to deal with them in many cases. For instance, it is almost impossible to find a house to buy in a completely Muslim-dominated area if you are a non-Muslim. This is just a small example of demographic seize. [The media especially the loathsome likes of NDTV, The Hindu et al. wants us to believe exactly the opposite where Muslims are portrayed as helpless victims]But contrary to this, the Hindu land-owners by and large sell off their lands to a good price without thinking any of the other larger consequences. The ghettoization is a dangerous trend, very well captured in this well-researched article.

Kerala, former ‘God’s own country’: It is no longer cool to refer Kerala as god’s own country anymore. God disowned that state long back if ever he owned it in the first place. It is heading up steadily to become another Kashmir. Defense analysts say the kinds of events that Kerala is witnessing now is strikingly similar to the events that Kashmir witnessed a few years before things went out of control. Let me add some factual spice to it: Muslim fundamentalists have declared to make Kerala an Islamic state in a few decades. The avowed promise was really serious that the chief minister of Kerala had to concur they actually vowed so. This small article actually outlines briefly how land Jihad is taking shape in Kerala.   

As the above article briefly explains, Muslims in many dealings are willing to pay price which is higher than market value. Unsuspecting Hindus by the lure of higher price just sell off their lands for a higher price. As with many cases, Hindus are caught off guard here. There is nothing objectionable-legally-as everything is done in accordance with laws. This trend of land Jihad started in the Muslim-dominated district of Malappuram then it did spread to other cities like Kasargod. One of my friends who happens to be a resident of Kasargod gave me first-hand account of all these. In his own words – “Kerala is turning out to be a hotbed of Islamic Fundamentalism. A powerful land mafia is behind all to usurp the lands from Hindus with intimidation & terror so as to create a strong Muslim land bank. Unemployed Muslim youth are reared with cash, motor bikes, mobile phones to foment tension in Hindu pockets thereby create panic to sell off their lands. Gulf money + Forged money is deployed for the purpose. Being a part of the central cabinet & a partner in the state ruling front, they have the necessary protection from all quarters. To top it all, the Hindus are divided into umpteen numbers of parties”.

This is just a glimpse of what RoP guys have done in recent years in one particular state. Let's look at the RoL (Religion of Love) guys now. They are far better networked, far wealthier than any cult group you can think of.

Land Jihad by ‘Religion of Love’

Let me ask you a question to start with. Who is the largest landowner of India? Any guesses? I think this is fairly simple. Yes, the Government of India (GoI). But let me ask you a tough one. Who is the second largest landowner of India? You perhaps don’t know because it’s a tough guess. Indian Church is the second largest landowner of India. Surprised? May be you are.

Globally, the church is third largest landowner 

Christians constitute about 3% of Indian population (according to 2001 census) and the church is the largest non-government landowner in India. Talk about disproportionate asset allocation! While at present the Christian population could be anywhere between 5-6% of the total population, it is still a case of disproportion. (Although some evangelical websites like this places the percentage to as high as preposterous 25%! )

But what’s wrong in owning any amount of real estate in legal terms you may ask. Fair question! If it were to be all legal, then the question would have been only about the moral and strategic choices and implications. But the case is not so. How did the church acquire so much land in the first place? It is through the land grants since the days of the British. It’s like an inheritance of the colonial period. But the sad part is that even after the independence, there was never an effort to legitimately redistribute this.

This article could be a primer for the issue under discussion. One more disturbing fact about this issue is that it is not discussed as it should have been. You can see a very few intellectuals like Rajiv Malhotra raising this topic often and we can never expect our mainstream media to discuss these issues which have far reaching consequences. This is because most of the Indian media is controlled from outside India, mostly by church and also because the excessive fetish and allegiance it has towards the twisted idea of secularism.

The church’s nefarious designs for India to make it a Christian nation can be seldom disputed. Why should we fear the church’s hegemony on land ownership? Anyone posing such naïve questions should care to study the kind of divisive role the church played in the continent of Africa. Why go even there? Just watch our own back yards of some the north-eastern states of Nagaland, Tripura, etc. You can better understand the church and its design. It always wants to create state within the state. The kind of role it has played in the North East India is an unshakeable testimony to the fact.

Last Tidbit : If the issue is not debated with all seriousness it demands, if the trend is left unchecked, I think we will be laying a strong foundation towards making India a Chrislamic  Republic and that can be unarguably the greatest disaster to befall on us.

The farce called inter-religious dialogue

The wise men of this land said "Religion is an inward step". Well, they were right indeed. Religion was treated same way in this land, not as an object which was to be flaunted outside with all unnecessary pomp. But not all the cultures were as catholic as India's in their outlook towards life.

The genesis of the concept of god

Now, where and when did all this start? When man came to Earth, he saw so much of creation. He couldn't account for all the creation that was lying around. So, he created a hypothesis : Some one "up there" should have done all this. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev jokingly says that gods created by human beings look like bigger human beings. Likewise if buffaloes were to create god, they would create bigger buffaloes. 

Xenophanes, the Greek poet and philosopher said it the best:

Ethiopians imagine their gods as black and snub-nosed; Thracians blue-eyed and red-haired. But if horses or lions had hands, or could draw and fashion works as men do, horses would draw the gods shaped like horses and lions like lions, making the gods resemble themselves.

So, then man is not the image of god but it's just the reverse. In fact, the god and the attributes given to him/her/it tells a lot about the culture which worships him/her/it. It's another story in itself. Let's save it for another day.

Some time ago, I found this statement when i was browsing for something

Religion was born to fill gaps in our understanding of the universe. Anything we could not understand was attributed to a “god”. The criminals soon realized that Priest craft was a profitable business and soon competing religions was born and each was supported by legions of “useful idiots”. What better way to assert dominance that using threats, waging war, stealing in the name of god, committing genocide. Do you understand why we have such a messy world today?

Whoever wrote this has a point. Many religions started as political doctrines which masqueraded in the garb of 'religions'. Many others started as genuine spiritual movements and went into the hands of people who had other ulterior motives and used religion as a plank in their ploy.

Religion and Politics

If there is a genuine spiritual movement, it should and will never give a damn about the head count it has. The head count is important for the forces which want to RULE not to serve. The forces which want to rule, far from being spiritual can only be political. This is how proselytizing starts. Of course these forces invoke the name of god for all atrocious, ugly things that they do.

When competing religions fight for their share of pie around the globe, inevitably there will be conflicts among them. NO deaths are more in number than the deaths that are caused by religion. In any competitive arena, sometimes there is no other option other than to 'tolerate' the other party or to strike a deal of 'compromise'. Competitive religions which have the features of both politics and business can't be an exception to this rule. So, this farce called inter-religious dialogue begins.

If you look at the history of inter-religious dialogue especially in India, it may go as far as the times of Akbar. Much before that, there were many exchanges, debates between different schools of thought but they can't be considered as inter-religious dialogues because there were hardly any religions that India had before the predatory religions invaded India. All that India had was indigenous spiritual traditions which were not as ossified as the current religions which are beyond any change.

The most famous inter-religious dialogue which is known for most of us is the one that happened in 1893 in which Swami Vivekanda took the conference by storm. You know the rest of the story. I need not elaborate it. We can concord, it was fairly successful because India's soft power was exerted very well by Vivekananda. Apart from this one, do we hear about any other conferences? No, we don't. 

The first such conference that i witnessed was the 'dailogue' between Zakir Naik of Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and Sri Sri Ravishankar of Art of Living. It was a travesty right from the beginning. First of all, the 'dialogue' is a part of IRF's project called "Shahada". The arabic word shahada is the declaration of "lā ʾilāha ʾillā l-Lāh, Muḥammadun rasūlu l-Lāh" which means There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Need i say more? When someone is starting with this kind of mindset both in words and in spirit, can there be any possibility of an honest debate? Not possible, not for a minute. This one turned out to be another such farce out of which nothing fruitful emerged.

"All religions are equal"

Boy, oh boy! they said it all the day and never got bored of saying it. Among many empty-talks, this one would take the cake. This thought is not alien to the people who are born in Hindu families. They are taught all religions are same and eventually leads to the same destination, god. Well, the thought which comes out of good-will is practically wrong. Else, how on this earth can one equate an Orthodox Jain and an Orthodox Muslim or for that matter Orthodox Jainism with Orthodox Islam? That's just bull. One of my twitter friends commented the biggest dope ever sold was the thought of all religions are equal one. You know what? The dope was so attractive that many bought it. But a lie can't become truth just by the number people that adhere to it.

I think Aristotle (Some dispute it) said it the best : The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Book Review - Breaking India

Before starting anything, sample this : 2 authors, 5 years of research, 476 pages of data and analysis, bibliography of 61 pages, references to innumerable websites, books,and articles. Even this doesn't say how serious and important is this work -> Breaking India - Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines. Authored by Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan this work talks about various kinds of threats that are systematically unleashed by various coordinated forces on India and its religion. Before reading anything further, go to this official website to know more. 

The map shown is what the authors warn about in the book.

Introduction: 

There are global forces which don't like the idea of integrated India and constantly try to balkanize India so that balkanized India serves to fulfill their ultimate ends. Rajiv Malhotra calls these forces centrifugal forces. There are some interests which want to see India as one united country and these Malhotra calls as centripetal forces. Needless to say, centrifugal force that India is subjected to is far more stronger than the centripetal force which tries to unite India.

What are the centrifugal forces that want India to be divided and sub-divided? Though there are innumerable forces, institutions, individuals, all invariably fall into these three category -

1) Islamic radicalism linked with Pakistan
2) Maoists and Marxist radicals supported by China via intermediaries such as Nepal
3) Dravidian and Dalit identity separatism being fostered by the west in the name of human rights.

As the authors say in the introduction, this book focuses on the third issue -
the role of U.S. and European churches, academics, think-tanks, foundations, government and human rights groups in fostering separation of the identities of Dravidian and Dalit communities from the rest of India.

Synopsis:

The range of topics, institutions, individuals that are covered are huge that just for convenience, I have divided the issues raised by this book into these sub-headings (no way it's comprehensive)

1) Creation of identities, faultlines 

India is a diverse nation comprising of various cultures, languages, identities. But despite so many variations, there is something that creates pan-Indian identity. But the centrifugal forces (several churches, NGOs, individuals) are desperately trying to sever this pan-Indian identity and create several limited identities in its place.

2) Creation of race theories, their large implications in forming identities

Race theories were the products of colonial constructs of 18th century and are outdated. Still, to this day they are regurgitated to divide and sub-divide India. The creation of Aryan theory is well known and we know how the British used it to justify their dominion. The church and the colonialists have used Biblical myth of Ham to justify both racism and colonialism.

The authors warn of the outcome of creation and manipulations of race identities (master race, slave race having strong parallels with Aryan and Dravidian race theories) citing the examples of Sri Lanka and Rwanda. These two countries witnessed the worst civil wars of history killing thousands of people. 

3) Dravidian and Dalit faultlines

There are consistent efforts to portray Dravidian identity as an unique identity and different from pan-Indian identity. Same goes with the Dalit identity. Every effort is made to keep them apart from mainstream Hinduism and pan-Indian identity. Once the identities are separated from the pan-Indian identity, it can be used to map it to Christianity. So, many high profile churches are involved in this because it ultimately helps in proselytizing.

4) Dravidian Christianity, digesting Hinduism 

Attempts have been made to portray history of Christianity in India as an ancient one starting from the myth of St.Thomas. Just to give you a glimpse of some crackpot theories, sample these:

1.    India is a Dravidian Christian nation.
2.    Veda Vyasa is a Christian missionary.
3.    Shakti is the holy ghost in the christian trinity.
4.    Famed 6 Darshanas, Purva mimansa et al.have christian origin.
5.    Hinduism and Sanskrit were formed in 2nd century A.D.     

Did you say "Are you freaking kidding me?" but yes,these are the kinds of spurious theories which are passing of as scholarship. Basic contention is this: Anything good in Hinduism should be of Christian origin. First they tell Hinduism and Christianity are similar. Then they say Christianity as the pristine,the only truth and there is no salvation without Christ. All these so-called academic exercises are done only to aid conversion.

5) India and Hindu bashing industry of the west

India and Hindu bashing industry of the west is highly lucrative. There are many institutions which are dedicated to do this job. Of course they do it in the name of 'human rights', 'empowerment', 'protection of minorities' etc. There is a huge nexus of this India-bashing industry which uses every possible incident in India in the international circle to portray India and Hinduism in a bad light. These are high paying roles which promises reputation, money, foreign trips etc.

6) Church interests and U.S. direct involvement  

Church has severe interests in India and for its evangelical plans, it has mapped India to be inside the 10/40 window. India falls under the region where church has planned aggressive evangelism. The other major regions which fall under this region are China, Arab countries where proselytizing is outlawed or heavily restricted. So, India becomes the natural target.

To fulfill the mission of 'reaching out to the unreached masses' which is an euphemism for conversion, the church can go to any extent. For instance the Church and Maoists have come together in North-East India to break away from India.

The right-wing politics and lobbying is very strong in the U.S such that they eventually influence the policies of the U.S which can have many far reaching effects on India.

7)  Pan-Islam, China and the west

These are three civilizations which are working for the world's domination. They fight amongst themselves owing to difference in ideology. But when it comes to India, they all come together because they have a common enemy: India and its culture. All these forces have made India an ideological battleground. Truth be told, they have nothing to lose but everything to gain. The increase of Jihadi network in Kerala, the Naxalism in some states, Maoism in the north-east India and the huge infrastructure and networks these forces have created bear testimony to the fact that they are getting more stronger by the day.  


The Ultimatum :

This book should be studied by all who want to see India as one united country. The book is not trying to churn out some conspiracy theories but instead relies on hard,well-documented facts. So, the importance of the book can't be overstated. This book is important in many levels like: strategic,security, policy making etc.

Once you finish the book, you might get a feeling that India is a piece of meat lying on the ground waiting to be devoured by the vultures flying in the sky. The vultures which represent the centrifugal forces are far more equipped, organized, networked than the centripetal forces. The message and gentle warning that the book gives,if simplified could be:'be vigilant,organize,strategize or perish'